RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Added Clinical Value of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in Evaluating Intratracheal Recurrence of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Implications for Planning Surgery, Assessing Its Completeness, and Planning Radioiodine Therapy
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 302
OP 305
DO 10.2967/jnmt.113.127910
VO 41
IS 4
A1 Sandip Basu
A1 Amit Abhyankar
YR 2013
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/41/4/302.abstract
AB In selected patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, 18F-FDG PET/CT has been shown to have added value. We present 2 clinical examples in the settings of both iodine-concentrating and non–iodine-concentrating lesions with tracheal involvement with special reference to its importance in planning of surgery or radioiodine therapy and assessing completeness of surgery. We believe that the use of PET/CT should be considered on a case-by-case basis and specifically when SPECT/CT is unavailable or has inconclusive findings.